"Money does not smell"

appears so often uses the phrase "money does not smell" comes from ancient Rome. As it turned out, these words left the language of the Emperor Vespasian, at a time when native son shamed head of the family for a tax on the use of toilets in public places to enrich their coffers. In response to this, the emperor's son offered to smell the money collected from pay toilets, and answer, whether they smell. To which the answer was "no, do not smell." Since then, the phrase "money does not smell," began to be used frequently, and pay toilets steel and feature of our time, as well adding a pocket of their respective owners.

Source: mirfactov.com/